At the undergraduate level, the department offers a B.A. program in History and in cooperation with the Education department,  a B.A. program in History and Secondary Education.  At the graduate level, the Department offers both a traditional M.A. and a Ph.D. in History and a special M.A. in Religion and Society in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World.  It also collaborates in joint programs at the Master's level with the School of Library and Information Science, and the School of Law. The Joint M.A./M.S.L.S. and the M.A./J.D. programs have special requirements, which integrate history into the combined professional program (students in these programs should consult with the Chair for such requirements). At some universities, a student automatically progresses to the Ph.D. without an intervening M.A. as a formal midpoint. At CUA, a student must have an M.A. degree obtained either here or elsewhere and must be formally admitted by the department to the Ph.D. program.